Request an Adjournment or Reopening

If you are unable to attend your scheduled hearing and your hearing date hasn't passed yet, you may request a new hearing date. You will need to explain to us why you have a good reason ("good cause") for the hearing to be rescheduled.

If you did not attend a scheduled hearing, you may request that we reopen and reschedule your defaulted hearing. You must provide a good reason (“good cause”) for failing to appear at the scheduled hearing within one year from the date of your failure to appear. A defaulted hearing will not be restored to the calendar if the request to reopen and reschedule is made a year or more from the date of your failure to appear.

If we cannot adjourn or reopen your previously scheduled hearing, we will treat your request as a new request for a fair hearing. This means that your eligibility to have your benefits continue until the hearing, if applicable, will be based on the new request date.

You may request an adjournment or reopening in any of the following ways:

Online Adjournment Form

You may request an Adjournment using the Fair Hearing Online Adjournment Form. Note that you may not use the online form to request that a hearing be reopened. You must have JavaScript enabled in order to use the online forms.